Serbia and SIGMA

Status: EU candidate
Capital City: Belgrade
Population: 7.2 million
Currency: Serbian dinar (RSD)

In December 2013 the European Council approved the opening of negotiations on Serbia's accession to the EU. The EU acquis communautaire screening process was completed in March 2015.

SIGMA is currently working with:

• The Ministry of Public Administration and Local Self Government on further professionalisation of the senior civil service, supporting the improvement of application of the civil service legislation and human resource management practices and tools across the public sector.

• The Ministry of Public Administration and Local Self Government, the Prime Minister’s Office, the Public Policy Secretariat, and the Office of IT and eGovernment on the modernisation of service delivery and user experience methodologies as well as the establishment of one-stop-shops. SIGMA is also working with the Ministry and the Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection on enhancing the application of the legal and regulatory framework on free access to information. 

• The General Secretariat of the Government and Public Policy Secretariat on strengthening co-ordination in the centre of government and implementing the Law on the Planning System.

• The Ministry of Finance on supporting implementation of the Public Financial Management Reform Programme, its monitoring, reporting and evaluation as well as on strengthening the functioning of the core elements of managerial accountability.

• The Public Procurement Office on supporting the implmentation of the legislative framework on public procurement and strengthening the co-ordination capacity of the central public procurement institutions as well as the Republic Commission for the Protection of Rights in Public Procurement Procedures on strengthening its capacities for the resolution of complaints and sanctions.

Publications, data

Related links

Events

Country co-ordination

Monitoring Report 2021 I Executive Summary I All 2021 reports

The Principles of Public Administration Data Portal: Serbia

The Principles of Public Administration

Enlargement strategy and reports

Publications in Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian (BCS)

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EU relations with Serbia

EU Delegation to the Republic of Serbia

News on Serbia

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Egle Rimkute

Country manager
egle.rimkute@oecd.org
Tel: +33 1 45 24 91 62 

Laure Launaro

Project Co-ordinator
laure.launaro@oecd.org
Tel: +33 1 85 55 47 22